Mitchell has 13+ years of experience in news and entertainment TV. He started out his career studying acting at Carnegie Mellon. Shortly after, he moved behind the camera when he joined the Navy as a broadcast journalist shooting all over Asia. He was stationed in Japan for over four years where he acted as a Field Producer for a half-hour news program headquartered in Washington D.C.. He wrote, shot and edited a myriad of stories, which were broadcast in Japan, the Philippines, on the BBC, and CBS. While stationed in Japan he learned to speak fluent Japanese with a distinct Tokyo accent.
Mitchell was also stationed in Alaska for two years, where he managed the staff and programming for two television stations and three radio channels. While there he doubled the amount of live content by implementing efficient scheduling and encouraging innovative original programming.
After seven years of ascending quickly through the ranks, he left the Navy and moved to San Francisco. He worked as the Director of Production for a streaming media company at the turn of the century. There he launched a package of live and posted streaming media programming. He designed and built the companies three live production studios and established and oversaw field, studio and post-production for their San Francisco and New York offices. He also served as their domestic and international on-the-road producer for live streaming media events.
Mitchell’s more recent work has focused on narrative films. While he still cuts his own films such as the short Filter (2006), other projects include the festival favorite feature film The Sex Movie (2005). He also cuts the occasional documentary for filmmaker Mark Brecke including their latest project focusing on the crisis in Darfur.
Mitchell holds a B.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State University.
Ransom has 12+ years of experience directing & producing fashion and sports photo shoots for print. She worked as the Senior Designer with Limited Stores creating all in-store marketing & direct mail design. She was also the Creative Director with Columbia Sportswear and was responsible for all brand marketing which included producing and directing of a myriad sports photography shoots. She also managed an operating budget of 1.4 million dollars. This background provided the basis for her keen ability to produce for various film and commercial projects.
She also often fills various roles such as Production Designer, Wardrobe Designer and Title Designer on a variety of music videos, short and feature length films (film and video). Her set & wardrobe creative responsibilities range from drawn concepts, to implementing unique ideas with original décor and garments to set the tone for the look and feel of the project. She has extensive leadership experience such as hiring and managing the personnel in the Wardrobe & Art Departments; and managing/organizing the on-set dressing, key-props and wardrobe for each film. Her ability to conceptualize and create title/credit designs for a variety of genres is also an asset.
Ransom has extensive pre-production experience concepting, drawing and implementing ideas. She can provide storyboard drawings as well as finished set/scene drawings. Her team can create and manufacture most key props and wardrobe designs at the Purebred Productions facility.
She received a B.F.A. (cum laude) from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 1990.
